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Belarus plans duty-free legislationBelarus plans duty-free legislation
Gavin Lipsith
4-Apr-2006
The country is considering new regulations to clamp down on the illegal movement of goods onto the domestic market
Belarusian minister of trade Alexander Ivankov has revealed that a presidential ordinance governing the movement and sale of goods through duty-free stores will be signed within two weeks, according to news agency Prime-TASS Belarus. The country, which has about 50 border duty-free stores, is divided as to the cause of illegal liquor entering the domestic market, with some politicians blaming duty-free stores and others attributing the influx to lax Customs enforcement on the Russian border.The country is not planning to close the stores, as some politicans have called for, but is seeking to tighten control over the trade to make the movement of goods transparent and prevent leakage onto the domestic market. New regulations are likely to involve tightened labeling requirements and stock accounting, Ivankov said. The regulations are currently being discussed by the presidential administration.
According to the report, 7.89m litres of vodka and other spirits were imported into the country in 2005, including 6m litres – worth $27.4m - through duty-free stores. Of the 4.36bn cigarettes imported in 2005, 932m were brought into the country through duty-free shops.
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